Posted on 07/15/2013 9:40:56 AM PDT by topher
Apple said Monday it would investigate claims that a Chinese woman was killed by an electric shock she received when answering a call while the device was charging.
The claim quickly drew attention after a woman in the western region of Xinjiang wrote about the death of her 23-year-old sister Ma Ailun on China's popular microblog service Sina Weibo.
"We will fully investigate and cooperate with authorities in this matter," said Apple's Beijing-based spokeswoman Carolyn Wu, offering condolences to the family.
As you describe, path also makes a difference.
Back in the day when I worked with Houston Looting and Plunder (Lighting and Power), we had a well experienced lineman killed off 240V.
Hot sweaty day, he was squatting in front of a Padmount Transformer, energized and open to the termination cabinet.
As he started he started to stand, he fell forward. The termination pads impacted on the left and right side of his chest.
He was given immediate CPR by others on the crew; they were all CPR trained. City area and the ambulance was there in approximately 5 minutes from contact. He was never revived.
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